Thanks for your reply, Titan 🙂
I hadn’t figured out how to organise my library until a couple of days ago when I upgraded from Serato DJ Intro to the full version. Then when I looked through the Serato site further, I found this link:
https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202538530-The-Most-Professional-Way-to-Organize-and-Manage-your-Music-Library-with-Serato-DJ-
I hadn’t seen that link previously, probably because I was mostly Googling for Serato DJ Intro resources. The method they recommend will mean that I’ll need to duplicate files (i.e. I’ll need to copy music files that I already have in my iTunes library to a separate music folder), but it does at least keep things straightforward, including for backups.
Speaking of backups, I have encountered a hitch with backing up. I read an article on backing up Serato (at https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202305054-Backing-up-and-moving-your-library-to-a-new-computer) that said:
“Serato will create a _Serato_ folder on every drive you retrieve music from. So check your external drives for _Serato_ folders too. You will need to merge these to collect all your crates.”
I’ve discovered that in the Music folder on my Mac, I have both a _Serato_ and a _Serato_Backup_ folder. Moreover, I keep my iTunes music on a SD memory card and because I was importing songs from iTunes into Serato, I have a _ScratchLIVE_ and a _ScratchLIVE_Backup folder on that memory card too. I don’t know how to merge all the folders so I think I’ll need to ask Serato about this (unless anyone here knows?).
